Georgia Power made the announcement on April 1, 2023…
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Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Hot Functional Testing
Testing began approximately two weeks after Unit 3 achieved criticality for the first time…
Continue reading “Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Hot Functional Testing”Making Progress in Advanced Nuclear – Molten Chloride Test System Installed
The latest milestone in a Southern Company-TerraPower partnership that began in 2015, the test system supports the molten chloride reactor experiment at Idaho National Labs.
Continue reading “Making Progress in Advanced Nuclear – Molten Chloride Test System Installed”Vogtle Unit 3 Loads Fuel
Fuel loading began on October 13, 2022. The first fuel assemblies began arriving on site in December 2020.
Continue reading “Vogtle Unit 3 Loads Fuel”NRC Ends Discussion Over 40-Year License Renewal, Quashing 100-Year Plant Operation For Now
On June 22, 2021, the NRC issued a memorandum with its decision, reasoning, and recommendations…
Continue reading “NRC Ends Discussion Over 40-Year License Renewal, Quashing 100-Year Plant Operation For Now”60 Years of Nuclear Power in Space
The reactor wasn’t very powerful, but it was NASA’s first nuclear-powered satellite…
Continue reading “60 Years of Nuclear Power in Space”Covid-19 slightly delays Vogtle 3 & 4 Testing
But both units are still expected to meet their in-service dates of November 2021 and 2022…
Continue reading “Covid-19 slightly delays Vogtle 3 & 4 Testing”Why nuclear plants are more expensive to build in the US than overseas, and 4 ways to reduce costs
Next-generation nuclear plants are more expensive to build in the United States than elsewhere in the world, like in China. A group of researchers tried to understand why, and what to do about it… Continue reading “Why nuclear plants are more expensive to build in the US than overseas, and 4 ways to reduce costs”